ICSE Class 10 · English · Treasure Chest
The Pedestrian
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for ICSE Class 10 English.
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About the author
Ray Bradbury (1951). Leonard Mead walks alone at night in a city where everyone watches TV; police arrest him for not owning a viewing screen - dystopia of conformity.
Summary
Mead walks for pleasure; streets empty; people glued to TVs.
Mead walks for pleasure; streets empty; people glued to TVs.
He has walked for years, a writer in a world that does not read.
He has walked for years, a writer in a world that does not read.
A lone patrol car questions him; no one else is outdoors.
A lone patrol car questions him; no one else is outdoors.
Not having a TV is suspicious; he is taken to a psychiatric centre.
Not having a TV is suspicious; he is taken to a psychiatric centre.
Technology and conformity erase individuality.
Technology and conformity erase individuality.
Hard words & meanings
| dystopia | bad imagined future society |
| conformity | behaving like everyone else |
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